# Removing year from date in custom field

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-year-from-date-in-custom-field/70518
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 17, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-year-from-date-in-custom-field/70518 "2026-01-17T17:42:45Z")
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### Author: ![dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-year-from-date-in-custom-field/70518/1 "2026-01-17T17:42:45Z")

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Hi All,

i like to know a simple format string that will remove the year only leaving the month/day in a custom field current vaule is MM/dd/yyyy . i’ve been searching for days and can’t find anything please. Thank You Muchly.

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-year-from-date-in-custom-field/70518/2 "2026-01-17T17:48:17Z")

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Try Format value for CUSTOM FIELD  
Format string: $cutright(%custom field%,5)

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### Author: ![dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-year-from-date-in-custom-field/70518/3 "2026-01-17T18:52:11Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> $cutright(%custom field%,5)

Thanks this falls in replace correct?

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-year-from-date-in-custom-field/70518/4 "2026-01-17T18:53:14Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Try Format value

not Replace.........

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### Author: ![dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-year-from-date-in-custom-field/70518/5 "2026-01-17T19:09:08Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> $cutright(%custom field%,5)

yeah sorry i did miss read thanks that string did the trick/

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-year-from-date-in-custom-field/70518/6 "2026-02-16T19:09:14Z")

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